Pasteurizer.



No. 725,489. PATENTED APR. 14, 1903. B. P. SGHIRMER..

PASTBURIZEP..

APPLIOA'IIONFILED JAN. 6, 1903.

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B-A E. SGHIRMER. P ASTEURIZER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1903.

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' BALDWIN F. SCHIRMER', oF CLEVELAND, oIfIIo.

PAsIjEURlz-ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,489, dated April 14, 1903. Application led January 6| 1903.` Serial 1lb-138,056. (No. model.) I

T0 all m7110111/ it may ccm/canvasy I Beit known thatI, BALDWIN F.v SCHIRMER,

acitizen of the United States, and a resi-,I

view of my improved apparatus, the centen portionbeing shown cutaway topermit of the illustration of the end portions on the one sheet of drawings. Fig. 2I`is an end plan view looking toward theapparatusfromthe delivery end. Fig. 3'fis an enlarged Idetail plan view of a part of one of the jaw-plates and chain to which it is attached, and Fig. 4

is a side view thereof. I

In the drawings, 11 is a fluid-tank adapted to hold a quantity of water and provided with means for heating the same-for example, a steam pipe 12 audits connections. It `is closed at the top by means of a long hood 13, projecting upward at theA receiving and delivery ends to permit ofthe `elevation of the sprocket-Wheels above the level of the -top of the tank. This hood is provided with suitable openings closed bycovers 14 14 along its upper surface and another opening closed by a door 15 atthe receiving end and a similar permanent opening l'at the delivery end of the apparatu v I Mounted in suitable bearings on each side' of the tank 11 are three sets of sprocketwheels 20, 21, and 22, which are adapted to be rotated byv suitable mechanism from. a

` source of power notIshown and the nature Iso of which is immaterial to the operation of the apparatus. Actuated by these sprocketwheels are two sprocket-chains'23, mounted to. or Vmade integral therewith is a second plate 32, substantially at right angles thereto. This plate 32 is provided with upwardly-extending iianges '33,.struck out from the plate 32 by a dieor embossing-roll, leaving an aperture l34 after the flange 33 has been lbent up, ward. These 'flanges form guards between which the bottles lare placed and which prei vent their lateralmotion. The plates 32 are secured by rivets35 or otherwise to a flange 37, which is rin turn secured to a link 24 of the chain23r Eachof these plates 32 Vis divided by the guards 33 into a seriesl of pockets or .compartments I preferably adapted to hold Vsix or twelvebottles across the width of the apparatus. 'l

` It will be observed that thesprocketwheel 2O is so arranged that the bottles may be placed on the transverse jaws so as to'stand Aup'on'the plates 3l`in an upright position, ac-

l i `anupright position. Rigidlyattached therecess being had to thecarrier by theA opening r in the hood when the door 15 is lifted. The endless carrier" then dips down into the solution with which the tank is wholly or partly filled and is caused slowly to travel forward toward the delivery end of the apparatus. As it reaches .a point `near such end it is gradually caused to be elevated by reason of the elevation ofthe sprocket-wheel 22-above the ,upper surface of the tank." i Turning around the sprocket-wheel-.22 the several jaws ofthe carrier-are reversedin position, so that the bottle no longer rests-against the plate 31, but rests against the plate 32, andflnally as the carrier continues to move forward the bottle drops out from thecarrierby its own weight. I y I v l -Thereis provided to receive it a sliding table 40, so placed that the bottles falling from .the carrier will gently drop thereon and slide toward the delivery end thereof. At ,this point there'is provided an endless belt or `apron 41, mounted upon two rollers 42, supported upon brackets 43 of, a suitable "height and caused to be rotated byImechan- Aism not shown. This traveling belt or apron carries the bottles awayfrom the pasteufriz-fk ing apparatus, moving each row forward and out of the pathot the succeeding row delivered from the carrier'.

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Near the delivery end of the carrier the hood is provided with pipes 50, connected with a water-supply and suitably perforated, so as to deliver a stream of water upon the bottles in the form of a ine spray. This serves to cool the bottles after they have arisen out of the hot solution.

The carrier having delivered its load of bottles is caused to be returned through the tank toward the receiving end of the apparatus. At this end the hood is provided with a chimney 5l, the opening in which is controlled by a suitable damper 52. This device serves to draw the vapors and steam arising from the heated solution in the tank toward the receivingend of the apparatus and to raise the temperature of the bottles as they are caused to be moved downward toward the solution, so as to prevent the shock arising from a sudden change in their temperature, and thus lessenthe liability to breakage.

Each of the jaws 30 is so arranged upon the sprocket-chainsv that there is little more than sufficient space between any plate 32 and its neighbor in front or behind it to permit a bottle to stand upright. Consequently any plate 32 will limit the rearward movement' of the bottle and prevent it falling out of the carrier from the pocket immediately in front of. it. i

My apparatus is made of simple materials, is strong in construction, is readily repaired, and is efficient in its operation.

That I claim as new isl. A jaw for a bottle-carrier consisting of a plate adapted to receive the bottles in an upright position, a second plate adapted to prevent their forward movement and a series of guards adapted to separate the bottles from contact with each other, the whole being made integral.

2. Ajaw fora bottle-carrier consisting of a plate adapted to receive the bottles in an u pright position, a second plate adapted to prevent their forward movement, and a series of guards struck out and bent up from one of said plates and adapted to separate the bottles from contact with each other, the whole being made integral. 1

3. A jaw for a bottle-carrier consisting of a plate adapted to receive the bottles in an upright position, a second plate adapted to limit their forward movement and a series of guards struck out and bent up from one of said plates dividing the plates into a plurality of bottle-receiving pockets, the whole bein g made integral.

4. The combination with an endless carrier, of a plurality of transversely-held bottle-holding jaws, each consisting of a plate adapted to receive the bottles in an upright position, a second plate substantially at right angles thereto and aseries of guards struck out and bent up from one of said plates andv dividing each of the jaws into a plurality of bottle-receiving pockets, the parts of each jaw being made in one piece.

and a series of guards separating the bottles from contact with each other, means for propelling the carrier-and means for inclosing the tank.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a pair of sprocket-chains mounted to move in the same direction in parallel planes, of a plurality of transverselyheld bottle-holding jaws each consisting of a plate adapted to receive the bottles in an upright position, a second plate adapted to limit the forward movement of the bottles and a series of guards adapted to separate the bottles from contact with each other, the plate which is adapted to limit the forward movement of the bottles serving also to limit the rearward movement of the bottles placed upon the jaw immediately in front of it on the carrier. y l

7. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a pair of sprocket-chains mounted to move in the same direction in parallel planes, of a plurality of transverselyheld bottle-holding jaws each consisting of a plate adapted to receive the bottles in an upright position, a second plate adapted to limit the forward movement of the bottles and a series of guards adapted to separatethe bottles from contact with each other, the plate which is adapted to limit the forward movement of the bottles serving also to limit the rearward movement of the bottles placed upon the jaw immediately in front of it on the carrier, means for moving the sprocket-chains and an endless traveling apron adapted to ICO carry away thebottles at the delivery end of the carrier.

S.l In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a pair of sprocket-chains mounted to movein the same direction in parallel planes, of a plurality of transverselyheld bottle-holding jaws each consisting of a plate adapted to receive the bottles in an upright position, a second plate adapted to limit the forward movement of the bottles and a series of guards adapted to separate the bottles from contact with each other, the plate which is adapted to limit the forward movement of the bottles serving also to limit the rearward movement of the bottles placed .upon the jaw immediatelyin front of it on the carrier, means for moving the sprocket-chains and an endless traveling apron adapted to carry away the bottles at the delivery end of the carrier, and a slide placed intermediate the carrier and the traveling apron.

9. The combination with an endless carrier of a series of transversely-held bottle-holding jaws each consisting of a plate adapted to reeeive the bottles in an upright position, a secthe delivery end of the'apparatus by the foree ond plate substantially at right angles thereof gravity. to, and a series of guards adapted to separate Witness my hand this 3d day of January,

the bottles from Contact With each other, of 1903, at the city of Cleveland, inthe county i 5 means for moving the earriel' consisting of I of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio. sprocket Wheels whereby t e bottles are Y transported through a tank' in an upright po- BALDWIN' F' SCHIRMEB sition and by a change of direction of the oar- Witnesses rier are caused to rest upon the second plate LOUIS J GROSSMAN,

ro of the jaw and fmally'to slide therefromfat ARTHUR H. LICHTIG. 

